OK, fine - it's not going to be my game. So of course Richard deployed the entire Kriegsmarine to the Barents, whereupon this happened:

Ark Royal sank Gneisenau (boxcars) and disabled Scharnhorst.

German LBA crippled Hood and disabled Ark Royal.

With 8 attack dice left for R1, the British fleet sank Lutzow and Blucher, crippled Scheer and Hipper, and disabled Graf Spee.

The Germans responded by sinking Hood and 2 CAs, and also hitting Exeter for 1d.

With 5 attack dice left for R2, the British fleet sank both Scheer and Hipper.

So Richard resigned. I've heard of the Royal Navy dismembering the Kriegsmarine on Turn 1 after one 336 failed its SR, and of the Germans failing to control the Barents on Turn 1 after both 336s
failed their SRs, but this? Truly surreal.

FINAL GAME RESULT: Allied victory - concession during Turn 1 (Allied lead of 2.0 POC before the bid)